Mumbai-based Anirban Dasgupta is a stand-up comedian and screenwriter with a distinct comedic style. A former corporate salesman, Anirban has performed extensively in India and across the world including the prestigious Just For Laughs in Montreal and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. His first stand-up special Take It Easy was released on Amazon Prime Video to wide acclaim, as was Afsos, the dark comedy series he created, also on Prime. This year he makes his Edinburgh debut with his show Polite Provocation, where he explores three generations of his family back to British India, the birth of his daughter and the immediate question: what world did he bring his child into?.

Anirban Dasgupta is guest number 410 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

Get tickets for Anirban Dasgupta’s Edinburgh show here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/anirban-dasgupta-polite-provocation .

Follow Anirban Dasgupta on Twitter: @adg_5 & Instagram: @anirbandasgupta5 .

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Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .

Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by matthewboxall.com .

This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.

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Sophie Duker is a comedian and writer who won the 13th series of Taskmaster and is a regular guest on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order. She has also appeared on Live at The Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Last Leg and Hypothetical on Dave. Her Edinburgh Fringe Show, Venus, saw her nominated for the Best Newcomer award and gained critical acclaim and five star reviews, leading to a two week sold out run at Soho Theatre. Sophie ’s other TV and radio appearances include 8 Out of 10 Cats, Dave Gorman’s Terms and Conditions Apply, Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club, The News Quiz on Radio 4, Roast Battle, Mel Giedroyc’s: Unforgivable, CelebAbility, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back and Blankety Blank. Sophie won the 2021 Funny Women Best Comedy Writer Award, as voted by producers, head writers and executives across the industry. She was one eight comedians selected to be a part of Just For Laughs’ International New Faces line up for the 2022 Festival .

Sophie Duker is guest number 409 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

Tickets for Sophie Duker’s Edinburgh show are available here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sophie-duker-but-daddy-i-love-her .

Follow Sophie Duker on Twitter & Instagram: @sophiedukebox .

Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .

Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .

Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by matthewboxall.com .

This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .

Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule.

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Edinburgh Month Continues with Comedian Sara Barron who has starred on shows including Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You? and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order. Sara has taken 3 critically acclaimed stand-up hours, For Worse (2018), Enemies Closer (2019), and Hard Feelings (2022) to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and had multiple runs in London’s Soho Theatre. Her shows have received rave reviews and she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Sara’s further television credits include 8 Out of 10 Cats (C4), Hypothetical (Dave), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC), Alan Davies’ As Yet Untitled (DAVE), Roast Battle (Comedy Central) and Hello, America (Quibi). On radio, her credits include appearances on The News Quiz, The Now Show, and Woman’s Hour on Radio 4 .

Sara Barron is guest number 408 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

Tickets for Sara Barron’s Edinburgh show are available here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sara-barron-anything-for-you .

Follow Sara Barron on Twitter: @sarabarron & Instagram: @sarabarron1000000 .

Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .

Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .

Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by matthewboxall.com .

This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .

Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule.

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